Inhoudsopgave
Hoe verliep Market Garden?
Belangrijkste gevolgen van Market Garden Operatie Market Garden staat bekend als de laatste triomf van de Duitse Wehrmacht in West-Europa. De geallieerden verloren in ruim een week liefst 17.000 man. De Duitsers hadden tussen de 8.000 en 13.000 doden te betreuren.
Welke vliegtuigen Market Garden?
Als voorbereiding op de landingen vallen in de ochtend van 17 september zo’n 1700 geallieerde bommenwerpers en gevechtsvliegtuigen Duitse stellingen in Nederland aan. Daaronder de B-25 Mitchells van het Nederlandse 320 Squadron en Spitfires van het 322 Squadron.
What happened to the Hatton Garden heist?
On Easter Weekend of 2015, in what has been dubbed the Hatton Garden Heist, a group of criminals drilled into the vault of the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, where gang members slid through a tight hole to empty deposit boxes: diamonds, precious stones, jewellery and money were among the stolen valuables.
What is the history of Hatton Garden?
Prompted by a shortage of funds and the rapid growth of London’s population, the Hatton family began to build houses on their Ely estate from the 1660s. The first properties lined what was then Hatton Street, now Hatton Garden, and then filled a grid spreading out from there.
Why is Hatton Garden London’s Jewellery Quarter?
His name lives on in what is today known as London’s Jewellery Quarter, Hatton Garden. Hatton Garden’s association with the jewellery trade dates back to Medieval London, when particular crafts and industries clustered around specific neighbourhoods to ease production and trade.
How did Hatton Garden become the diamond capital of London?
The diamond business peaked in 1885, when 67 precious stone mechants were recorded in Hatton Garden and its adjacent streets. Two specialist banks managed the merchants’ accounts and stored their precious metals and gems, and the Diamond Club acted as a jewel trading centre and stock exchange.